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Now is the time of the illuminated woods ... when every leaf glows like a tiny lamp.

John Burroughs

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John Burroughs
Age: 83 †
Born: 1837
Born: April 3
Died: 1921
Died: March 29
Essayist
Naturalist
Writer
Delaware County
New York
Seeing
Leafs
Every
Leaf
Time
Lamps
Like
Awe
Woods
Tiny
Glows
Spring
Illuminated
Vision
Lamp

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